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NORDICS: Going it alone …

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Nordic custodians are under greater pressure to provide sophisticated asset services. Many have sought alliances with foreign banks. Angele Spiteri Paris speaks to SEB,...

US EQUITIES: Once Upon a Time …

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Financials may be toxic, but there are still sectors that may attract investors to US equities, finds Fiona Rintoul ... “What all the investment banks...

BEST EXECUTION: Complicated Scoring System

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Fund managers must now take note of execution quality. Nicholas Pratt examines the implications ... When the EC’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was...

SMART ORDER ROUTING: Question Time

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Nicholas Pratt finds out what fund managers should be asking of their dealing counterparts in determining just how smart their smart order routers are ... Like many...

RECESSION and ASIA: Seeds of Discontent

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Recession may not be an immediate fear in Asia, but food prices are a major source of inflation in Asia. Fiona Rintoul asks if...

OTC DERIVATIVES: Pushing Up Daisies

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The focus on counterparty risk in the OTC derivatives market is starting to gain importance after the Bear Stearns episode, but only slowly. Nicholas...

INVESTOR SERVICES: The colour Turquoise

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Project Turquoise, the bank-backed alternative trading platform, has caused much anticipation among the trading community. Nik Pratt talks to Eli Lederman, CEO (pictured) about...

TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPLIANCE: Comply with me

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Compliance monitoring was easy enough when domestic equities dominated fund managers’ portfolios, but now it has to cope with unconstrained mandates and cross-asset funds...

JAPAN: Fishing for fortune

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Japan is modernising its corporate governance policy and ending uncompetitive practices. The Japanese people, however, are still investing elsewhere, and the country's investment future...

DERIVATIVES PROCESSING: a quick entrance

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Swift is pioneering the automation of OTC derivatives transactions but a number of asset managers are not joining the scheme. Instead they are saving...

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